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NO FLOWER GARDEN COMPLETE WITHOUT SWEET PEAS 39 



SWEET PEAS, SPENCER HYBRIDS. 



GIANT ORCHID FLOWERING TYPE. 



lu this we have a new class of Swet Peas. 

 Flowers of enormous size, with both 

 standards and wings waved and fluted, 

 while the flowers are loosely and grace- 

 fully set on the stems; plants healthy and 

 vigorous, and produce strong-stemmed 

 flowers of great substance. The perfect- 

 formed blossoms often measure two inches 

 across. 



ASTA OHN SPENCER— The flowers 

 are very large, waved and fluted in stand- 

 ard, with large, thoroughly waved wings. 

 The stems are long and sturdy, each stem 

 bears four flowers. The color throughout 

 is a soft lavender, suffused with mauve. 

 It comes absolutely true. Pkt., 40 seeds, 

 10 cts. ; oz., 35 cts. 



WHITE SPENCER— Flowers absolu- 

 tely pure white, standards waved, crinkled 

 and fluted: 3 to 4 blossoms to a stem; 

 stems 12 to 15 inches in length. Pkt., 80 

 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts. 



KING EDWARD S P E N C E R— This 

 grand Novelty is the nearest approach in 

 color to the popular King Edward VII in 

 the Spencer type. The enormous flowers 

 are frilled, waved and crinkled. The 

 lowers appear truly gigantic in size. The 

 standard is deep uch caimme scarlet of glossy effect. The wings are also carmine 

 seal let and on the reveise side are of a deep rosy carmine. The stems are 12 to 15 

 inches long and frequently carry four fine blooms, while the majority bear three 

 flowers. The stems are thick and heavy, the vines vigorous and thrifty. Pkt., 40 

 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts. 



OTHEEEO SPENCER— This beautiful Sweet Pea of the true Spencer type will 

 appeal to those having a preference for the darker colors. The flowers come uni- 

 formly true to type, being beautifully waved or crinkled both in standard and 

 wings. The stems are thick and long and carry three or four blooms of a rich 

 deep maroon. Pkt., 40 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts. 



DAINTY SPENCER — The stems are very long and usually carry four fine large 

 waved flowers each. It is a most beautiful pink-edged variety; the ground color 

 is pure white, with a very distinct margin of rose-pink. Pkt., 40 seeds, 10 cts.; 

 oz., 25 cts. 



MRS. ROUTZAHN^Buff or apricot ground, flushed and suffused with delicate 

 pink, deepening toward the edges of the standard and wings. The flowers are of 

 the largest size — thoroughly crimped and waved. The standard is broad and deep. 

 The long stems seldom carry less than three flowers, while many bear four flowers 

 to a spray. Pkt., 40 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts. 



HELEN LEWIS— The orange-rose wings roll and fold; the standard is reflexed. 

 showing the distinctly fluted effect, and is of an intense rich crinison-o>range. The 

 blooms are truly a gigantic size — the ruffled standard measuring two inches across. 

 Pkt., 50 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts. 



IMENIE CHRISTIE SPENCER — This is a most beautiful and distinct new variety 

 of the Spencer type. Both the large fluted standard and wavy wings are of the 

 same color, a lovely ruby-rose with a slightly deeper shade in the standard. The 

 grand large flowers present a most striking color effect, with a wonderful satiny 

 sheen on the petals. Pkt., 50 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts. 



COUNTESS SPENCER. TRUE — The color is a soft rose-pink, which deepens 

 at the outer edges and becomes still richer or more heavily suffused in cool weather. 

 In size, form, and coloring. Countess Spencer is simply exquisite. The plant is a 

 strong vigorous grower, and the large flowers are borne three and four upon long, 

 stiff stems. Pkt., 50 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts. 



COUNTESS SPENCER HYBRIDS— Mixed colors. Pkt., 100 seeds, 10 cts.; oz., 

 15 cts. 



NOTICE— ONE PACKAGE EACH OF THE 9 SPENCER VARIETIES FOR 75 CENTS 



